Notice Information
Notice Title
Creative Content Exchange Platform
Notice Description
The UK Government is committed to establishing a Creative Content Exchange (CCE) in the Creative Industries Sector Plan (June 2025). The intention is for the CCE to be a trusted marketplace for selling, buying, licensing, and enabling permitted access to digitised cultural and creative assets. To test the proof of concept behind the CCE, The Natural History Museum (NHM) in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is organising a small, closed pilot. As part of this NHM is exploring options for procuring a complete platform solution to house the Creative Content Exchange (CCE) for the duration of the pilot. We envisage that this solution will need to comprise: a) infrastructure and utilities for effecting the exchange of data and content (text, video, audio, multi-modal) between providers and consumers; b) the facility for providers and consumers to enter into licensing and other types of commercial agreements; c) the ability to set terms and conditions of use for the CCE that providers and consumers need to adhere to; d) facility for a notice and takedown process within an agreed SLA; e) human technical support for providers, consumers and the CCE team within agreed SLAs; f) training for CCE team on use of the platform in the UK; g) agreement that the whole of the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be located in the UK and governed by UK law; h) adequate security to ensure the CCE and any content or documents stored in it will be safe from malicious access; i) facility for content providers to make content samples available to consumers; j) provision of a sandbox or similar type of test environments; k) provision of fine grained access controls for content providers to configure; and l) billing, invoicing and payment facility. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1011515324
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract may be extended beyond the Initial Term on a maximum of two occasions, for a period of up to 6 months on each occasion (each a "Renewal Period") at NHM's sole discretion, by NHM giving the Contractor not less than one months' notice prior to the expiry of the Initial Term or the Renewal Period (as applicable).
Planning Information
Please use the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/cQuLNcBG8M These responses will help us to shape the Invitation to Tender. Participation in this questionnaire is not mandatory or binding and will not affect eligibility for involvement in the tender process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e256
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010020-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
48490000 - Procurement software package
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 3 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Feb 2026 - 24 Feb 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
- Contact Name
- Lisa Ireland
- Contact Email
- lisa.ireland@thecce.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW7 5BD
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Brompton & Hans Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010020-2026
4th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083082-2025
15th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082704-2025
12th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074501-2025
17th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074343-2025
17th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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